Tagma Definition

noun

(anatomy) A specialized grouping of arthropodan segments, such as the head, the thorax, and the abdomen with a common function.

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Other Word Forms of Tagma

Noun

Singular:
tagma
Plural:
tagmata

Origin of Tagma

  • Ancient Greek τάγμα (tagma, “something which has been ordered or arranged")

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Tagma Sentence Examples

  • The Arthropod head is a tagma or group of somites which differ in number and in their relative position in regard to the mouth, in different .....

  • But in higher Crustacea the cephalic " tagma " is extended, and more somites are added to the fusion, and their appendages adapted as jaws of a kind.

  • The genital apertures are placed on the first somite of the second tagma or mesosoma.

  • Eleven somites follow these, forming the abdominal " tagma," giving thus 1 Embryological evidence of this is still wanting.

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Words Starting With

TTATAG

Words Ending With

AMAGMA

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